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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJim Y. Li, Archie L. Cobbs, Paul D. Ozzello
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An Internet access device uses an automatic configuration process to handle the task of configuring the Internet access device at a customer site for communication with the Internet. Once configured, the customer has electronic mail and other access to the Internet from his local area network. A not yet configured Internet access device is shipped directly to a customer without having to be manually configured first. The customer enters a registration identification number and a telephone number onto the Internet access device. The Internet access device then automatically connects to the Internet, downloads configuration data from a configuration server containing customer site specific configuration data, and then automatically configures itself for communication with the Internet. The Internet access device is simple to install for a customer and provides valuable features such as a router, firewall, e-mail gateway, web server, and other servers. The Internet access device initially connects to the Internet through an Internet service provider over a standard analog telephone line using a standard modem and using a dynamic IP address. Once automatically configured, the Internet access device may then communicate with the Internet using any suitable connection including an analog telephone line, or a higher-speed line such as an ISDN line or a frame relay circuit and is assigned a static IP address and a range of IP addresses for other devices on its local area network.
A computer-implemented method of automatically configuring an access device for communication with a communications network, said method comprising the steps of:
A computer-implemented method of automatically configuring an access device for communication with a communications network, wherein said access device is connected to a local area network (LAN), said method comprising the steps of:
A computer-implemented method of automatically configuring an access device for communication with a communications network, wherein said access device connects to a local area network (LAN), said method comprising the steps of:
A computer-implemented method of automatically configuring an access device for communication with a communications network, wherein said access device connects to a local area network (LAN), said method comprising the steps of:
A computer-implemented method of automatically configuring an access device for communication with a communications network, said method comprising the steps of:
A computer program product comprising a computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied thereon for automatically configuring an access device for communication with a communications network, said computer program product comprising computer-readable program code for effecting the following steps within a computer system:
An access device for use in communicating with an internet said access device comprising:
An access device for use in communicating with an internet, said access device comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.